Having issues with setting up SSL certificate using Certbot while following your documentation

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Hello,
I have been trying to setup an SSL certificate for my django website that I am currently hosting on one of my droplets. I have been following this tutorial to do it, but I have gotten stuck due to an issue with installing (https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-secure-apache-with-let-s-encrypt-on-ubuntu-18-04). The issue says: E: Package ‘python-certbot-apache’ has no installation candidate.
I am currently using apache as a web server.
Thank you in advance for your time and help :) . It is greatly appreciated.
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Answer 1

Yannek March 27, 2021

Hi,

Currently, the correct package name is python3-certbot-apache. So, execute following command to install it:

sudo apt --assume-yes install python3-certbot-apache

I hope it helps.

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Yannek March 27, 2021

To be more correct, the current Ubuntu LTS version is 20.04. There is Python 3.8 included in this version by default, and Python 2.x is no longer in use. However, certbot is still available in two variants: for Python 2.7 and 3.6+.

So, by default, there is python3-certbot-apache package available in Ubuntu 20.04 (LTS).

Here is the tutorial on How To Secure Apache with Let’s Encrypt on Ubuntu 20.04

How To Secure Apache with Let's Encrypt on Ubuntu 20.04
by Erika Heidi
Let's Encrypt is a Certificate Authority (CA) that facilitates obtaining and installing free TLS/SSL certificates, thereby enabling encrypted HTTPS on web servers. Currently, the entire process of obtaining and installing a certificate is fully automated on both Apache and Nginx with the use of Certbot. In this guide, we'll use Certbot to obtain a free SSL certificate for Apache on Ubuntu 20.04, and make sure this certificate is set up to renew automatically.
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- Fliper05 March 27, 2021
  
  Thank you so much for your help :) . This has solved my issue.
  
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  Yannek March 28, 2021
  
  No worries. I am happy it helped :-)
  
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Answer 2

Yannek March 27, 2021

To be more correct, the current Ubuntu LTS version is 20.04. There is Python 3.8 included in this version by default, and Python 2.x is no longer in use. However, certbot is still available in two variants: for Python 2.7 and 3.6+.

So, by default, there is python3-certbot-apache package available in Ubuntu 20.04 (LTS).

Here is the tutorial on How To Secure Apache with Let’s Encrypt on Ubuntu 20.04

How To Secure Apache with Let's Encrypt on Ubuntu 20.04
by Erika Heidi
Let's Encrypt is a Certificate Authority (CA) that facilitates obtaining and installing free TLS/SSL certificates, thereby enabling encrypted HTTPS on web servers. Currently, the entire process of obtaining and installing a certificate is fully automated on both Apache and Nginx with the use of Certbot. In this guide, we'll use Certbot to obtain a free SSL certificate for Apache on Ubuntu 20.04, and make sure this certificate is set up to renew automatically.
Reply Report
- Fliper05 March 27, 2021
  
  Thank you so much for your help :) . This has solved my issue.
  
  Reply Report
  
  Yannek March 28, 2021
  
  No worries. I am happy it helped :-)
  
  Reply Report

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